Solander Island ER #14 Overview.

Original Purpose: To protect large colonies of breeding seabirds and their habitat. It is closed to the public to protect nesting birds and their habitat. A permit is needed to land on the island. It is accessible by boat, but landing is difficult. The island is named after Dr. Daniel Charles Solander, a Swedish botanist

Guide to Ecological Reserves in BC

This 371 page, 50 mb book may be downloaded from http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HFD/library/documents/bib32374.pdf Thanks to Jody Krakowski ER warden for Baynes Island ER #69 for showing us the  location of this important document.  It provides a page and a map on each of the reserves created up to 1992. Include are the Ecological Reserves now lost from

Expedition to a Puffin Island

From Pacific Wilderness ,1974 This is one reason why Ecological reserves were created: To prevent the collection of specimens for museums, zoos and aquariums. This article describes a trip by members of the New York Zoological Society to trap and remove live puffins from Solander Island for a display in New York. See the PDF: